P2 & FCP Backup Question
by ywolinsky
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Mar 1, 2007 at 10:16:19 pm
This may be a silly question, and may have been answered before, but - When backing up footage shot on P2, is there any reason to back up the original MXF files, or just the mov's that FCP creates through the import process?
Re: P2 & FCP Backup Question by Shane Ross on Mar 1, 2007 at 10:54:07 pm
Back up the original files. Because you never know how future versions of FCP will deal with that footage, if it will convert or see it natively. Or you might end up switching editing platforms and move to Edius or Avid, that view and edit them natively. You never know.
To me, importing the files and then trashing the originals is like capturing footage from your source tapes then tossing the tapes. Why do that?
Re: P2 & FCP Backup Question by Tony Cope on Mar 2, 2007 at 3:01:30 pm
I ran into a very good reason to backup the original MXF files. I shot an entire day of b-roll, and was logging and importing the shots one by one in FCP (import P2.) After I did this, I realized that some of the files I had renamed, but never clicked on the ADD TO QUE button. So, those files did not get imported/translated. I was lucky and noticed this before I had a chance to delete anything. I easily could've assumed I had all my shots and deleted the originals to save space.
Also, I had created quite a few long named (too long) for these logged clips... and they did not translate properly. They came across as 6k files.
IMO - hard drive space is really cheap... so I will play it safe and always save the original files.
